How to Permanently Delete Files on My Computer
When you delete a file it gets sent to the Recycle Bin, then you go to Recycle Bin and empty it. In reality the file does not get deleted from the hard drive, it simply tells Windows that the location the file was located in your hard drive is now “deallocated”, this means that the space this file occupied is now available as free space and can be overwritten. Just about anyone with a file recovery program can find and restore the file you just deleted. How to Permanently Delete Files on a Computer To permanently delete files the safest way is to use a program known as a file shredder.
